FYI, M$ has an update for XP's Native CD/DVD recording. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b5f726f1-4ace-455d-bad7-abc4dd2f147b&DisplayLang=en "Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) enables IMAPIv2 dependent applications to stage and burn images to CD and DVD optical storage media." Validation is required, the direct d'load link is here, but I don't know if it will work for everyone: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=b5f726f1-4ace-455d-bad7-abc4dd2f147b&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f3%2fa%2f2%2f3a2deb62-2bc7-4069-aae5-55eadf9927a1%2fWindowsXP-KB932716-v2-x86-ENU.exe I also just noticed this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=70446CF9-5B5A-4733-A9AF-E6AD6A2D96A1&displaylang=en . Another update, but it's from 2002, and I don't know if that's supposed to be included on SP2 and SP3 or not. It references this: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320174 -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-